Calendar



July 3, 192s.

W. J. BROOKS CALENDAR Filed July 5, 1927 .INVENTOR Patented July 3,1928.

UNITED ISTATES WILLIAM JOHN BROOKS, OF LETCHWORTH, ENGLAND;

CALENDAR.

Application fue@ July 5, 1927, serif-.1 No. 253,591, and in Great`Britain January, 1927. i

This :invention relates to calendars and lili'e display devices in whichit is `desired to indi fate or emphasize any one oi. a series ot daysory dates or other items of information; the series ot dat/3s, iorinstance the days of the month, or other items being cxposed to View anda lmrticular date oritem being singled out 'for notice by an adjustableindicator.

The object ot this iii'lvent-ion. is `to provide a calendar havingmeai'is .whereby any one oi' the days or dates `may be convenientlydisplayed or indicated in a more prominent manner than the others and`so that the means for doing this may be moved so as to be applied to anyselected date. The indicator `or means by which a lected date isemphasized is arranged to be easily movable while at the same time itsmethod of support is vnotrcadily discernable.` Further objects of theinvention will be ascertained by thefollowing description. 'l f Brieflythe inventionmay be said to consist in employing a supporting frame otsuitable construction having an opening in one wall `for the exposurefofcalendar or other cards or plates. Means areprovided for detachablysupporting one `or a number of interchangeable cards or plates behindthe opening. A transparent disc or plate is arranged across the lopeningand in front of the calendar card which will show through it. Thetransparent discor plate is provided with a ring or other conspicuousmarking meansand is held `by friction so that it may be freely moved inany direction to permit the distinguishing mark to be aligned with anyone oi the dates on the exposed calendar card.

A suitable construction of frame may comprise front and reanwall memberssecured together or adapted to be secured together vat their edges. Therear wall may be provided with slots or other means for supporting anumber ot calendar cards that they may be readily changed, "whilst thefront member is provided with an opening through which one of thecalendar cards may` be viewed. ,The Celluloid for kother transparentdisc or plate'having a ring or other distinguishing` mark thereon isarranged across the opening and between the front Wall member and thecalendar card which shows through it. Another method of supporting thecards or plates may consist in providing an opening in the rear wallopposite to and larger than the opening in the `front wall, such openingin Ythe rear y wall accommodating a relatively movallle portion carryinga support fora number of interchangeable cards.

In the accompan ing `sheet of drawings two embodiments o the' inventionare illustrated.

Fig. l being a front elevation ot one form.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 isa sectional plan view on"` the line` 3-3 of Fig. l, and y y yFig. t showing the other form in sectional plan. `Referring to thedrawings, the device illustrated is a calendar, and consists of ashallow rectilinear casing composed of a front wall l, a rear wall 2 andan L section periphery 3 uniting the two walls inspaced parallelrelationship, the periphery being composed of thin metal or othersuitable rigid material glued or otherwise secured to the two walls,orthe edge ofthe front wall may be bent over and secured to the backwall. The front wall r has an opening fl through which one `'of a numberof cards or plates 5 is exposed, each card or plate 5 bearing suitableinscriptions, `for instance dates of the month. r y y The cards orplates 5, which are preferably somewhat flexible, can be supported in apair ot parallel slots 6 in the rear wall These slots 6 (Figs. 2 and 3)are wider apart than the opening 4 and are each sutilciently wide topermit the easy entrance of the cards while imposing a slight bend onthe cards at 5a, the bend being exaggerated in the drawings for the sakeof clearness. The ends 5b ot' the cards protrude from the slotssulliciently to permit easy withdrawal.

The cards or plates are of a resilient nature so that they can beintroduced into the two slots 6`by passing oneend through a slot,pressing the card or plate into theinterior of the casing until thesaine end projects through the other slot 6, each slot having anenlarged thumb dportion 7 to enable an operator to more rea ly etlectthis operation." y y The dimensions of the cards or plates 5 are suchthat each can lie l'lush against the front wall l of the casing andcover the the opening It. T o enable a particular day to be marked onthe exposed card or plate a disc 8 of transparent material, for instancelll Celluloid is provided in the casing so as to be interposed betweenthe front card 5 and the front wall l oit the casing, being held inposition friction-tight by reason of the slight pressure between frontand rear Walls. This disc has an opening 8, which may be a raisedshallow cylinder as shown, or a ring may be lixed or formed on thesuriace of the transparent disc and may be ot 'a distinguishing coloni'.By engaging the opening Sa the disc S can be moved any direction toenable the opening or ring 8l to be located over any particular date, asshown in Fig. l.

An alternative method of supporting the cards, may consists in fittinginto an opening in the rear wail a corresponding door or flap 9 hingedat l() so that. it can be swung away from the back 2 to expose a sheath1l secured to the l'lap 9 and open at the front to display through theopening 4 in the front wall l, t-he 'liront card of a .number ot cardsl2 accommodated in the sheath 1l. By opening the tiap 9 a change oi thecard to be exposed can be ett'ected.

I claim l. A calendar and like display device, comprising a shallowcasing, an opening in the iront wall oi the lasing tor exposing a cardintroduced in a pair of slots in the rear wall olAv the c: sing, thecard having a greater length than the distance between the said slotsand having ends projecting through both said slots, and a movabletransparent disc having a distinguishing mark thereon.

2. A calendar and like display device, comprif-siug a shallow zasing` anopening in the Aliront wall of the casing for exposing a card introducedin a pair of slots in the rear wall of the casing, the card having agreater length than the distance between the said slots, and having endsprojecting through both said slots, and a transparent member movable inthe casing and interposed between the front ot the card and the Vfrontwall ol the casing, such transparent member having a distinguishing partior locating over a selected part oit the card being exposed.

3. A calendar and like display device, comprising a shallow casingcomposed ot a front and rear wall connected in spaced relar t-ionship bybending the edges ot' one wall over and securing to the other wall, anopening in the frontwall, a pair of parallel spaced slots in the rearwall, a number of cards for introduction through both slots so that oneof the cards is exposed through said opening and a movable transparentmember interposed between the exposed calendar card and the front walland a distinguishing mark on the transparent member.

et. A calendar and like display device, comprising a shallow casingcomposed oi' a liront and rear wall connected in spaced relationship bya surrounding uniting strip, an opening in the front wall, a pair ofparallel spaced slots in the rear wall, a number of cards t'orintroduction through both slots so that one of the cards is exposedthrough said opening, and a transparent member movable in the casing andinterposed between the front of the card and the 'front wall of thecasing, such transparent member having a distinguishing part forlocating over a selected part ot the card being exposed.

5. A calendar and llike display device comprising a shallow casinghaving a front wall with an opening for the exposure of a card bearingmatter to be displayed and a rear wall between which and the front wallthe card is adapted to be accommodated, and a. transparent plate ot agreater area than the said opening for covering substantially the wholeot the exposed area of the displayed card, said transparent plate being'trictionally held between the trout of the said displayed card and thefront Wall of the casing solely by the pressure exerted upon it due tothe compression between front and rear walls, and being capable of suchmovement within the casing, in any direction in its own plane, that afixed distinguishing niark upon it can be aligned with any portion ofthe displayed mattei' on the card. f

6. A calendar and like display device comprising a Ishallow casinghaving a front wall with a centrally located opening for the exposure ofa card bearing matter to be displayed and a rear wall between which andthe front wall the card is adapted to be ac commodatcd, a transparentdisc of a greater area than the said opening i'or covering substantiallythe whole ot the exposed area of the displayed card. said transparentdisc being trictionally held between the front ot the said displayedcard and the front wall of the casing solely by the pressure exertedupon it due to the compression between front and rear Walls, and beingcapable of such movement within the casing, in any direction in its ownplane, that a fixed cen t-ral distinguishing mark upon it can be alignedwith any portion of the displayed matter on the card, and accommodationwithin the casing for the disc around the entire periphery of the frontwall opening.

WILLIAM JOHN BROOKS.

